BEST BEFORE: Parasites, power, and presidential candidates
Who is fit to rule? On 27th June, a 77-year-old man and an 81-year-old man will walk into a room. They both experience memory lapses, struggle with mixing up names of individuals, and face other cognitive issues. They have heart issues, and the natural onset of mental faculty decay with age. What wi
In conversation with: David Akanji, President of the Oxford Fashion Gala
David Akanji wore handmade trousers, which he had repaired only hours before, and an H&M tunic to the Oxford Fashion Gala. Not quite what I expected from this year’s OFG President. Having studied Fine Art at University of the Arts London and worked on the Marina Abramović exhibition at
Two Talk: Two Gents
Shakespeare put under the well-funded spotlight in Gregory Doran’s new production. Was Sir Gregory Doran, Former artistic director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, trying to avoid directing The Two Gentlemen of Verona? He’s directed every other Shakespeare in his dazzling career.
Icon of the Week: The Tescalator
Let me set the scene. You’re spacing out, walking a busy street in Oxford, probably thinking of next week’s assignment or the dinner you will be making tonight, ultimately not averting much attention to your surroundings; you don’t need to, you know these streets by heart by now. Then,
What’s in a name?
(Image: Flowers placed outside Vivienne Westwood’s famous shop at 430 King’s Road, Chelsea, London, after her death in December 2022.) When you google Alexander McQueen, you are met with a couple of options. First and foremost you can ‘discover handbags and ready-to-wear for men
BEST BEFORE: The #Legacy of the funniest man in sports history
LeBron James’ Los Angeles Lakers are in crisis. They just got crushed in the first round of the playoffs. Their coach has been fired. The future of the greatest basketball player of our lifetimes is in doubt once again. But LeBron added to his greatest legacy in his most unremarkab
Painting your way to freedom
Painted buildings near Allias, Tirana Think about communist architecture. What comes to mind? An actual architect would probably see it as too simplistic a term, but whatever you think of, it probably isn’t ‘vibrant’. Shades of grey, beige, and bone were granted a near-monopoly of Easte
Icon of the Week: Riverman Records
Walking around Oxford can sometimes feel like you’re in a labyrinthian web of cafés, libraries, and bookshops—all the sort of thing you’d expect for a city of its size and demographic. What is conspicuously absent from most of the city, however, are record shops. Unless you count HMV (
BEST BEFORE: ‘The Times Young Power List’ made me cry
Scrolling through depressing articles about members of the Garrick Club, and why being thinner makes women richer, I burst into tears. ‘The Times Young Power List’ had interrupted my scrolling. Celebrating “hard work and ingenuity,” the profiles of 25 inspirational young people (under-30s) s